Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and we are hoping that all of our friends stay warm and dry and gets to fill their bellies full of delicious food. We'll be making a little bit of food over this way as well as visiting some family members.
I wanted to say thank you to everyone who entered our Thanksgiving Photo Contest for Pets. We are very thankful that you sent your wonderful photos in! I am also thankful that I was not the judge for this contest... all the photos were great! I employed my family to do the judging for this contest.
The guest judges include my 9 year old daughter, my boyfriend, .and my mother. (My mother is doing OK and came home from the hospital over the weekend.) Before announcing the winners, I'd like to share ALL of the photo entries. Get ready for an overload of cute!
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| Velveeta is thankful for her forever home. |
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| Bailey is thankful for having a best friend and being a best friend. |
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| Brody is thankful that his mom knows how to sew comfortable dog beds! |
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| Charlie is thankful for his pink manly bed. |
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| Sammy is thankful for lots of things! |
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| As a cat with a blog, Carlos is thankful for a reliable internet connection in his mansion. |
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| This is Riona, Killian, and Fearghas. Riona and Fearghas have epilepsy. They are thankful for each other and every seizure free day they can enjoy together! |
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| Vegas is thankful for her food bowls. |
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| Silver is thankful that her human has invested in her. And by that she means that her human allows her to sleep in her vest! |
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| Chewie is thankful that his pawrents let him help with the yardwork. |
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| Spencer is thankful for RAGOM (Retrieve a Golden of Minnesota) who rescued him mom from a puppy mill while she was pregnant with him and his fur-siblings. |
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| Elvin is very thankful for his towel that he can hide under! |
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| Sookie is thankful for her fox toy. |
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| Easy is grateful that we are all together! |
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| Buddy is most thankful that he has a place at the table and can be a part of any festivities going on. |
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Brody is thankful for our troops that serve their country and sacrifice so much for our freedom, especially this time of year when they are so far away from their family, friends and pets. He is most thankful for his very own soldier.. his mom!
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| Karma, Cleo, and Autumn are thankful for their warm heated blanket. |
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| Mya is thankful for a nice yard with plenty of leaves that she can enjoy playing in with the kids. |
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| Bittle the dog is thankful for his ratty fur-sublings! |
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| Manna is thankful for her Daddy who plays with her. |
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| Mushu is thankful for a warm bed. |
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| Luma is thankful for favorite summer spot in the window with her fan. |
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| Hazel is thankful for her big purple pool! |
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| Burney is thankful for a nice patch of sunlight with a stellar view. |
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| Diesel is thankful for his great, big, cozy bed! |
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| Shelly and Poe are thankful for each other and for a nice warm blanket. |
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| Sissy is thankful for her fur mom, a roof over her head, toys, treats and the kitty she lives with. |
See why I'm glad I didn't judge this contest?! Everyone's photos and stories are fabulous and I genuinely enjoyed receiving each one! Now to announce the winners as selected by our special guest judges...
Congratulations to our runner-up -
Katie and Waffles - who will receive a small prize package -
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| Waffles is thankful for dinner. Katie is thankful Waffles isn't touching her feathers. |
And our grand prize winners are
Emma and Bailie who will receive a large prize package full of Thanksgiving goodies! Congratulations!
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| Emma and Bailie are thankful for their stuffed wabbits and their window seat. |
If you didn't enter the photo contest, let us know what your pet is thankful for in the comments. Thanks again everyone!
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Love all the great photographs - thanks for sharing. I am thankful for my pawrents, my doggie siblings, my friends, fluffy blankets, sunshine and carrots - WOOF!
ReplyDeleteAll very good things to be thankful for PB!
DeleteBurney gets 3rd place from us! Sunlight and a view- what more could you ask for... Well, except wabbits and Waffles staying away from the feathers! :) Very nice. Congrats to the winners, continued healing wishes to your mom & Happy Thanksgiving to you, Ann!
ReplyDeleteThank you Bethany! Burney is a beautiful cat... my mom chose him as one of her favorites while voting.
DeleteThose pix are just great. Hope all your preparations are going well. Have a wonderful Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes Molly
I think I am ready now Molly!
DeleteLots of wonderful entries. Golden Congrats to Emma and Bailie. Have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
ReplyDeleteThey all are wonderful and I wish all will have a super thanksgiving tomorrow! Congratulations to Emma&Bailie and Waffles& Katie. Thanks to you for inviting all to this contest!
ReplyDeleteNo problem Easy. I want to include all of my friends as much as I can!
DeleteFantastic, so much to be thankful for! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteThey are all such fab entries! Cngrats to Emma and Bailie
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures ♥
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Yourspecialdog
These are all winners, we think. We are thankful to live in a nice home with loving humans, for our noms and our catio and for the heated kitchen floors. Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Emma and Bailie on their big win! And to Waffles and Katie for their runner-up win! But everyone is really a winner...look at all those great photos and ALL those wonderful things to be thankful for!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving, Miss Ann!
Oz
Thank you Oz! All the photos are wonderful! I could tell my mom was having a hard time picking just a few favorites.
DeleteSo many who are thankful. A big congrats to Emma & Bailie and all who sent in their wonderful photos. And I know there's lots and lots more out there, including me--I'm thankful I'm 4-years-old today!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Sage!
DeleteThere's so much to be thankful for! Don't forget to hop on over to the Thanksgiving Edition of This 'N That Thursday tomorrow for a increase chance to enter a giveaway from doggyLoot! Anything goes!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ruckus - I will try to remember but I will be super busy tomorrow! I'm usually up late though :)
DeleteThey are all lovely photos!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving :)
I enjoyed every single one of those!
ReplyDeleteAww. So many thankful pets! Cute.
ReplyDeleteMy WW entry is #95. Come by and vote for us?
Hi Deanna I will stop by and see what all the voting is about :)
DeleteWe do have so much to be thankful for. Love Velveeta's picture. So cute.
ReplyDeleteSuch wonderful pics! Totally adorable!
ReplyDeleteWow, the judges had some hard decisions to make! Such wonderful entries!
ReplyDeleteAll great pics - so much to be thankful for! Glad your mom is out of the hospital!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Emma & Bailey and to GloGirly, Katie, & Waffles!!! Those are some really great photos!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Pepper
Wow!!! We're so excited!!! Thank you so very much...ALL of the photos were wonderful and we're sure glad we didn't have to vote either! Congrats to the big winners too! We know Emma & Baile...in fact they are practically our neighbors!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving everyone!
love, Katie & Waffles
Bailie and I are howling in excitement! Thank you so much, what a great Thanksgiving surprise! So many fun entries, I'm sure it was not easy to choose! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
ReplyDeleteWow, that must have been so hard to choose! So many great pics! Congrats to Emma and Bailie!
ReplyDeleteI blogged today about what Rita is thankful for! All the best to your mom! Happy Thanksgiving!
The winning photos were wonderful. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteWow, those were all great! Congrats to the winners.
ReplyDeleteYay for Emma and Bailie! They are so cute. You are lucky you didn't have to judge though, Ann, that would have been tough....so many great entries! I wanted to do an entry but just got too busy. I enjoyed all the other photos though.
ReplyDeleteI'm thankful for all these cute pictures! :) Congrats to the winners and thanks for sharing all the entries!
ReplyDeleteConcats to the winners. I thought Bailey’s was very cute myself.
ReplyDeleteGreat Photo's Ann,Happy Thanks Giving,xx Speedy and Rachel
ReplyDeleteI should let my parents know that to save them some money on room decor, I'm just going to adopt myself a dog :) At least I'll know for when I move into my first apartment in a couple of years... for now, I think my university would flip if we snuck in a pet...
ReplyDeleteOh we are so behind, we missed all this fun.. Poop! Such great photo's xxoxxx
ReplyDeleteMollie and Alfie
Concats to the winners! There were all great pics!
ReplyDeleteGreat entries and congrats to the winners!
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